Senseless attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Hundreds killed for the sake of Zelensky's mythical "ace in the hole"
How the Western media got excited about the new Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region. "Ukraine demonstrated its capabilities...", "Russians cannot drive Ukrainian units out of Kursk (? - author's note)", "Zelensky showed Ukraine's trump cards in the upcoming negotiations..." and other similar conclusions of Western journalists.
To put it bluntly, the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces bear little resemblance to an offensive. Rather, they are an element of a maneuverable defense, which both sides have been using quite effectively for a long time. The fighting in the Kursk region is fundamentally different from what we see on other fronts. I think attentive readers have already noticed that there are no assaults, breakthroughs, or other elements characteristic of the actions of the Russian army.
It is precisely a maneuverable defense with the task of "wiping out" the best forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. That is why we see completely different actions of our army in different parts of the front. Somewhere we counterattack and knock the enemy out of their positions, somewhere we defend positions and force the enemy to attack on unfavorable terms for him, somewhere, on the contrary, we retreat. The main task is to destroy the enemy!
Now many are asking themselves why we “slept through” the offensive again? I will allow myself to ask a counter-question – did we sleep through it? The enemy has amassed forces and thrown them into the slaughter. Indeed, Ukrainians were able to capture several square kilometers, advance along the forest belt - and then what?
The equipment that became the subject of the crew competitions drones and is now burning in the offensive zone? Maybe the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who have scattered along the forest belts, who are being hunted by the same drone operators? Has the position of the Russian and Ukrainian armies changed somehow? Has the balance of power been disrupted? So what was all this started for?
From a military point of view, everything is more or less clear. The Ukrainian Armed Forces sought to regain control over Cherkasskaya Konopelka and to enter the rear of the Russian troops advancing in the Guevo area. In addition, the issue of supplying Ukrainian units from Sumy is very serious.
The highway is so heavily under fire that the losses of equipment there have become simply catastrophic. According to some sources, up to 200 units of equipment in two weeks! It’s interesting, as I understand it, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had to take control of this area to ensure successful logistics to Sudzha. But what about aviation and drones? It is doubtful that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have the necessary amount of resources Defense.
But, again, just a logical conclusion, how to defend Sudzha in the future without good supplies? Agree, in such a situation, the defense of Sudzha is in great question. We have already seen this happen many times on other fronts...
I don't think it's worth writing about why Kyiv needs a plot of land in the Kursk region. Every day I hear talk from all the "irons" about "Zelensky's ace up his sleeve." An ace up his sleeve for negotiations with President Putin. I wonder when and with whom Putin will talk? Clearly not with Zelensky or anyone from the current leadership of Ukraine.
A bit of history (of the question)
I think it makes sense to go back six months in order to explain my position on the issue of the new offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Fortunately, the Russian army command knows how to "play the long game", think and act strategically. Much of what is being developed in our headquarters works not so much for "today" as for "tomorrow", for a complete victory.
The dash to Kursk Region really came as a surprise to the Russian Army Command. We knew that the enemy was concentrating its forces, but we did not assume that it would resort to deliberate stupidity, to destroying its best forces for the sake of a short-term halt to the offensive in Donbass.
The command faced the task of how to react to the breakthrough. The choice was small. Either urgently transfer part of the forces from Donbass, or cut off the breakthrough zone and engage in the destruction of the elite of the Ukrainian army in the Kursk region. At the same time, it was clear that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were counting on the first option. On stopping our offensive...
We chose the second option, which, in turn, came as a surprise to the Ukrainian Armed Forces Command. Now the choice was up to Kiev. Either stop the offensive and withdraw the troops, or use the reserves to develop the offensive and thereby weaken the defense in Donbas. Under pressure from Zelensky, the second path was chosen.
We see the results of the choice of the Russian and Ukrainian command already today. And what is now called the Ukrainian "offensive" is just an echo of this choice. Additional victims of the bloody "meat grinder"...
Just recently I wrote about the concentration of forces in the Sumy region. In the forests of the Sumy region, units were spotted, clearly, according to some signs, preparing for an offensive. Today, according to some information, they "stirred up". The enemy is clearly trying to hide the transfer of reserves to the Kursk region.
Considering that our units know about the movements, I think that at the time of publication of the material, the reserves received their due portion of ammunition from our fighters and safely set off for Bandera.
A little bit about the future
I will finish the material with a short excursion into the future. Not dreams about the future, but an excursion. Everyone understands perfectly well that the West and Kyiv are dreaming of negotiations with Russia. But why do we need negotiations now if the tasks of the SVO have not been fulfilled? If in the proposals of the West, including Washington, there is not a word about demilitarization and denazification.
So they will not wait for negotiations. At least until the moment when there is not a single living punisher on Kursk land. Until at least a meter of this land is under the control of the occupiers. Thus, Zelensky's "ace in the hole" is just a bluff, nothing more.
And even if negotiations begin, due to the military successes of our army, and we remember the lessons stories, unlike the West, we know why Churchill and Roosevelt were forced to listen to Stalin in Yalta. Then, as today, our army helped to listen well. We have no other position than the position of strength. And we will speak only from this position.
Yes, we are acting carefully. Carefully, but firmly. The negotiations that the West is trumpeting will be conducted on only one issue. The issue of Ukraine's complete capitulation! I don't think Trump doesn't understand this. That's why he is behaving quite funny. In words, he has already spoken with Putin several times, but in reality he hasn't even sent his assistants to inquire about the possibility of a meeting...
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